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NEWS ABOUT: malpractice

malpractice stories: 9 news summaries
Study sees huge savings

 US Health Care 
 Wastes $700B a Year 

A third of spending is lost to pointless treatment, paperwork, fraud

Oct 26, 09 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - A study by Thomson Reuters released today confirms President Obama's contention that the American health care system is hemorrhaging billions of dollars a year, with one-third of the cost of care wasted on inefficiency, mistakes, and fraud. The report, which cites dozens of research papers, finds that about $700 billion... More »

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health care • health care costs • Medicare • health care reform • malpractice

OPINION

 To Fix Health Care,  
 Fix Malpractice Mess 

But that requires ignoring special interests—an unlikely scenario

Jul 15, 09 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - If we’re going to reform health care, we need to contain the vast costs of a malpractice system that chiefly benefits trial lawyers, writes Philip Howard in the Wall Street Journal. As it stands, “billions of dollars are wasted in ‘defensive medicine,’” and 60%... More »

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health care • Congress • health care costs • lawsuit • health care reform • malpractice • trial lawyers

OPINION

 Slow Down, Obama: 
 Baby Steps to 
 Fix Health Care 

'Low-hanging fruit' can save us cash with little political fallout

Jul 10, 09 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has managed to achieve an impressive amount in his first few months in office—but “even liberals” are starting to get worried about cost, writes Michael Kinsley in the Washington Post. Health care reform, while needed, is vastly expensive. Maybe now’s the time to slow things... More »

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health care • health care reform • malpractice • Obama administration • President Obama

Obama Offers Docs Backing
on Malpractice
Suit Limits

President may buck Dems to win over AMA

Jun 15, 09 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is taking his case for overhauling health care to a tough audience today: The American Medical Association, which is holding its annual meeting in Chicago, came out last week against Obama's plan to offer federal insurance to compete with private insurers. But the president privately with AMA officials... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • health care costs • medical malpractice • American Medical Association • health care reform • malpractice • President Obama

Would-Be Suicide Wins $130K Against Life-Saving Hospital

'I can't even cuddle my wife with my right hand,' he complains

Mar 6, 09 5:39 AM CST
(Newser) - A would-be suicide has won a $130,000 settlement against the British hospital that saved his life, reports the Telegraph. The father of two complained that an extra heavy dose of IV drugs used to neutralize the 100 pills he swallowed reduced his arm function by 75%. "I know... More »

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suicide • overdose • lawsuit • hospital • settlement • malpractice

Military Families Fight for Right
to Sue

High court ruling
forbids suits against military hospitals

Apr 20, 08 5:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many grieving families are outraged that they cannot sue over medical malpractice in military hospitals, the Los Angeles Times reports. Some have seen sons and husbands—all active duty service members—die in hospitals where resources are stretched thin. But a 1950 Supreme Court ruling created the Feres doctrine, which... More »

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medical malpractice • US military • US troops • military hospitals • negligence • US Supreme Court • malpractice • Feres vs. United States

HIV Scandal Spreads in Kyrgyzstan

Health workers charged with
infecting children

Mar 21, 08 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fourteen medical professionals in Kyrgyzstan face malpractice and negligence charges after allegedly infecting 42 children with HIV. The group of doctors, nurses, and a top administrator could receive prison terms of up to 10 years for administering contaminated injections and blood transfusions. Such incidents may be common, one aide worker... More »

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health • AIDS • medical malpractice • hospitals • HIV • Kazakhstan • Kyrgyzstan • negligence • malpractice • health workers

Safari With That Liposuction?

Cosmetic surgeries can be cheaper abroad—and come with perks

Jan 3, 08 4:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Americans looking to get cosmetic surgery are eschewing expensive procedures at home and opting for "medical tourism," traveling abroad for cheaper procedures—that sometime come with exotic vacation perks. Countries including South Africa, Argentina, Thailand, Brazil and Singapore are marketing their health services to Americans with the promise... More »

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health care • plastic surgery • Thailand • Brazil • Costa Rica • cosmetic surgery • liposuction • malpractice

New Tech Tracks Things Left Behind

Chips, bar codes keep surgeons from leaving sponges in patients

Jan 2, 08 2:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Hospitals are turning to technology to cut down on incidents of doctors sewing up surgical patients with sponges and other items left inside, the Chicago Tribune reports. A bar-coding system to ensure what goes in comes back out is one solution; another involves tagging items with chips that allow them... More »

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surgery • hospitals • Medicare • malpractice • surgical sponges • SurgiCount

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